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JANUARY 2012: Adam jumps in for Andre Watts at the last minute to play the Brahms B-flat Concerto with the Waco Symphony!!! He began rehearsing with the orchestra on 24 hours notice and performed two days after that. Read the concert review in the press section.
NOVEMBER 2011: Listen live to Adam performing chamber works by Haydn and Chopin on Monday, November 7th at 12:00 P.M. CST.
SEPTEMBER 2011: Adam plays all five Beethoven concerti in two consecutive nights with the Lubbock Symphony and Tomasz Golka conducting! Learn more here.
AUGUST 2011: Read the new review of Adam's recent recital in The Washington Post in the press section.
MAY 2011: Adam jumps in to play Rachmaninoff Third's Concerto on May 15th in Caracas, Venezuela, with the Teresa Carreno Youth Orchestra. See concerts for more information.
JANUARY 2011: Ravel's Concerto in G Major (Pensacola Symphony), Liszt's Totentanz (Symphony Silicon Valley), and Tchaikovsky's Concerto No. 1 (West Virginia Symphony). See concerts for details.
Beginning of '10-'11 season: Beethoven's 4th Concerto (Ann Arbor Symphony), Prokofiev's 2nd Concerto (Erie Philharmonic), Liszt's Totentanz (Wichita Symphony), and recitals in Minnesota and California. See concerts for details.
Adam jumps in at one week's notice to play Beethoven's first concerto with the Indianapolis Symphony!!! Read more about the April 9/10 concerts in the concerts section.
>>>MARCH 7, 2010: Rachmaninoff Third Concerto at Isaac Stern Auditorium, Carnegie Hall!
FEBRUARY 27, 2010: Chopin 200th Birthday Celebration in Houston - the two Chopin concerti!
AUGUST to OCTOBER 2009: In the span of five weeks, Adam played the first two Beethoven concerti (Fort Worth Symphony), a Tokyo recital debut, Prokofiev's Second Concerto (Phoenix Sympony), and Rachmaninoff's Third Concerto (South Dakota Symphony). Read about these concerts in the press and concerts sections.
Adam is prominently featured in International Piano Magazine, July/August 2009 issue. Read the article in the press section.
Adam performed the world premiere of Richard Danielpour's Piano Fantasy (2008), commissioned for Adam by the Gilmore International Keyboard Festival, in his recitals at the National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy in Chicago (July 31), Dakota Sky International Piano Festival (Aug. 3), and the Dame Myra Hess Recital Series (Aug. 5).
April 4th, 2009: Adam has been named a Classical Fellow by the American Pianists Association! After a competitive process which began with nominations and culminated in solo, chamber, lieder, and concerto performances in Indianapolis in spring 2009, Adam has received the prestigious Max I. Allen Fellowship, valued at $75,000. See press for more information, and stay tuned for upcoming articles, photos, etc.!
Adam commissions the esteemed American composer Richard Danielpour as part of the Gilmore Young Artist Award. Stay tuned in coming months for more information about Adam's 2009-2010 plans for premiering the 15-minute "Fantasy for Piano," based on the final chorale from Bach's St. Matthew's Passion.
Adam makes is UK Debut this month, playing Ravel's Left Hand Concerto with the BBC Scottish Symphony and Donald Runnicles conducting. Learn more in the concerts section.
JULY 2008: Adam will replace Louis Lortie at the closing concerts of the Grand Teton Music Festival on August 15th and 16th! See concerts for more.
JULY 2008: Adam makes his Canadian debut playing Mozart's 23rd Concerto with the National Arts Centre Orchestra and Pinchas Zukerman. (Unfortunately, this concert was not reviewed!) See concerts for more.